THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1828, Governor George Simpson of the HBC travelled from Portage La Loche to the Athabasca River and on to Athabasca Lake, where he visited Fort Chipewyan, on the lake's north shore. He would continue north as far as the Peace River, where he would head to the west and #FortStJames But others continued the journey north. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-eleven/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1833, botanist David Douglas travelled north to New Caledonia and #FortStJames, accompanying an unusual cattle drive up the HBC Brigade trails as far as Fort Alexandria. #Journeys #WestOfTheMountains #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/cattle-drive/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
From Fort George #PrinceGeorge, the men of the incoming HBC Brigades head up the Nechako River toward home at #FortStJames, after a four month long journey to their Pacific coast headquarters of Fort #Vancouver #WA. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WestOftheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-twenty-one/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1831, Peter Warren Dease leads the men of the incoming HBC Brigades north from Fort Alexandria up the Fraser River toward Fort George #PrinceGeorge and #FortStJames. #TheHBCBrigades #Journeys #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-twenty/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1826, and in 1831, the men in the HBC Brigades began their one-thousand-mile boat and packhorse journey North to #FortStJames from their headquarters of Fort #Vancouver #WA at the mouth of the Columbia River. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-nine/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
There were three methods of transportation for the Hudson's Bay Company on the Pacific slopes: the HBC Brigades which brought the furs down from #FortStJames to Fort #Vancouver; the York Factory Express which carried men and papers east to Hudson Bay, and the London Ships which arrived every spring on the coast. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/hbc-transportation-systems/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
From the old Fort Nez Perces, the men travelling in the HBC Brigades finally arrived at their destination of Fort #Vancouver where they would deliver their packs of furs and pick up their supply of trade goods for the next year. For the men of #FortStJames, it would be a thousand-mile-long journey home. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-eight/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
From the little post of #Kamloops, the men of the outgoing HBC Brigades followed their old trail south to Monte Lake, and on to the Okanagan Lake and River. From their headquarters at #FortStJames, they were travelling south, covering more than a thousand miles in their journey to Fort #Vancouver #WA, by the Columbia River. #Journeys #The HBCBrigades #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-six/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease worked at #FortStJames in the early years of the brigades, and brought them out over the trails to Fort #Vancouver for four or five years before he left the territory. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WestOfTheMountains https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/peter-warren-dease/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1828, Governor Simpson visited the west side of the Rocky Mountains, travelling south from the Peace River through #FortStJames and #Kamloops, and finally travelling through the Fraser Canyon to #FortLangley. At the end of the journey he decided against using this route as a brigade trail. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/two-canoes-twenty-eight/